Paedophile who stored images of children as young as FIVE being sexually abused avoids jail

Sharot was arrested at Heathrow Airport when arriving back from Singapore. This picture is posed by a model

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A peadophile who was caught by his employer storing images of children as young as five being sexually abused on his laptop has avoided jail.

Trever Sharot, from Pinner, London, admitted seven counts of having the graphic pictures - one named ‘Lolita sex party’ - last month.

The court heard that the 65-year-old was working for research company Ipsos MORI when he was warned about storing adult pornography on his work laptop.

Despite receiving a warning, the IT department later found extreme images of child exploitation on his laptop and alerted the police.

Sharot was arrested at Heathrow Airport when arriving back from Singapore, and police quizzed him on the pictures.

The court was told that he laughed when confronted with one image, entitled ‘Big breasted Asian schoolgirl’, and despite hoarding photos of girls aged 10 or 11 wearing suspenders, bondage gloves and wearing PVC dresses, he claimed his sexual habits were ‘completely normal’ and claimed he had ‘no interest’ in young girls.

He also told police that the photos were simply stored out of ‘curiosity’.

But Judge Alan Greenwood, who was also told how police officers found a photo on his computer of a young girl wearing a netball skirt which Sharot took himself at a social event, was unconvinced.

He said: “This shows an interest in children, and an interest in the abuse of children.”

“These offences are extremely serious.

“There’s a child being abused, and being damaged in these images.

“It will have to be a suspended sentence. The reality is that if it was not, then the prisons would be full to overflow.”

Appearing at Harrow Crown Court for sentencing on Thursday, Sharot only spoke once, to correct Judge Greenwood’s pronunciation of his name.

Judge Greenwood sentenced Sharot to four months imprisonment, suspended for a year.

He will also serve 100 hours of unpaid work in the community.

As a result of the findings, Sharot lost his job at Ipsos MORI and is no longer associated with the company.